Original geometrical diaper designs : accompanied by an attempt to develope and elucidate the true principles of ornamental design, as applied to the decorative arts (1849)
Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798-1866, Maclure and MacDonald Lithographers · London : D. Bogue · leaf 25
ON THE PRINCIPLES OF ORNAMENTAL DESK.'N, … struction of the elements of the material world, he did so by saying, that But when the horizontal, instead of the vertical diagonal, is employed in the construction of the two latter figures, the three will be found to relate to when the Deity began to adorn the universe, “ He first of all…
Decoration and ornament · Geometrical drawing
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